Nov. 3, 1906.] 
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ODYSSEUS. 
Odysseus. 
We reproduce by courtesy of Messrs. Cox & 
Stevens, naval architects, the photographs and 
plans of a sailing yacht which the firm designed 
for Mr. J. H. Hammond, Jr., of Lakewood, 
N. J., and Gloucester, Mass., this past summer. 
Odysseus, as the boat is called, will be used for 
cruising and sailing along the coast east of Bos¬ 
ton, and was' designed to be a fast, weatherly 
and comfortable craft, easily managed and capable 
of accommodating four men in the main saloon. 
The crew to be made up of a captain and man. 
A great resemblance is seen to exist between the 
New York 30-footers and Odysseus, but with 
such improvements in form as to give more 
speed and also better accommodation. 
The boat was built at Purdy & Collison’s, City 
Island, who made a very nice job of this little 
ship. The construction was good and well put 
together. The interior is finished in white wood, 
enameled, and, as one of our pictures shows, the 
interior is very attractive. The deck work is of 
mahogany trimmed with brass; the cleats are 
also of brass. 
Odysseus was delivered in Gloucester, and in 
running down around Cape Cod made good 
weather of it. In some trials on the Sound be¬ 
fore going eastward Odysseus showed a good 
